Find A Grave - Cuyahoga County

Allen, John W. b. 1802 d. October 5, 1887
Mayor of Cleveland Ohio from 1841-1843. Graduated from Harvard in 1825 and came to Cleveland Ohio in 1826. His public career began in 1828 when he petitioned Congress for aid to build a harbor in Cleveland. In 1832 he established the city's first board of health during the Cholera Epidemic Of 1832. From 1831-35 he was elected president of the village of Cleveland's board of trustees. He was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1835, and beginning 1836 served 2 terms in Congress. In 1841 Allen became...[Read More] (Bio by: Joyce)
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 3 Lot 73 Grave 3
Allison, May b. June 14, 1890 d. March 27, 1989
Actress. Blonde and delicate-looking lady of American silent film, Allison began with a role in the Theda Bara classic, "A Fool There Was" (1915). Her popularity continued into the late 1920s, then in 1927 Allison retired to nurse her ill second husband James Quirk, editor of Photoplay magazine. Allison died at the ripe age of 99, 70 years after making her last movie "The Telephone Girl." (Bio by: MC)
Gates Mills South Cemetery, Gates Mills, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Andrassy, Edward W. b. September 3, 1906 d. September 21, 1935
Murder victim. Edward Andrassy was one of the first victims of the Cleveland Torso Killer, or Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run. He worked as a hospital orderly and eventually turned to petty crime. On September 23, 1935, the bodies of Andrassy and an unidentified man were found at the base of Jackass Hill in Kingsbury Run. Both men had been decapitated and emasculated. The police examined Andrassy's background in an effort to identify the Torso Killer, but they were unsuccessful. Edward Andrassy...[Read More] (Bio by: Dennis Rice)
Saint Marys Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Andrews, Samuel b. February 10, 1836 d. April 15, 1904
Oil Magnate. He arrived in Cleveland from England in 1857, and later moved to New York. His chemistry abilities helped him to build Standard Oil Co. With a capital of $4000, he, John D Rockefeller and M B Clark became partners. His main work with Standard was in the refinery. He created the uses for the by products of oil which includes gasoline. In later years there was a falling out between Rockefeller and Andrews, and in...[Read More] (Bio by: Mamaquilts)
Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 9, Lot 11
Andrews, Sherlock James b. November 17, 1801 d. February 11, 1880
US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 15th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1841 to 1843. He was one of Cleveland's first lawyers, and is considered the "Father of the Cleveland Bar". He was elected President of Cleveland's first City Council in 1836 and served as prosecuting attorney for Cuyahoga County in Ohio. (Bio by: Joyce)
Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 5 Lot 3
Ayler, Albert b. July 13, 1936 d. November 25, 1970
Jazz Musician. Saxophonist and occasional bagpiper. Pioneer in the field of free jazz. Committed suicide by jumping off New York City's Statue of Liberty ferry as it neared Liberty Island; body found floating in the East River, at the foot of Congress Street Pier.
Cause of death: Suicide by drowning
Highland Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 3, Lot 6, Tier 7, Grave 3
GPS coordinates: 41.4630013, -81.5261002 (hddd.dddd)
Babcock, Brenton D. b. October 2, 1830 d. January 9, 1906
Mayor of Cleveland. Born in Adams, New York, he graduated from Watertown College and moved to Cleveland in 1865. Finding employment in the coal industry, he rose from bookeeper to partner of a successful trading and mining firm, Babcock & Morris Co., in 1878. A Democrat, Babcock was elected Mayor of Cleveland and served from 1887 to 1888; his uneventful term consisted primarily of rubber-stamping legislation pushed by the local Democratic Party machine. He was also a prominent...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Babka, John Joseph b. March 16, 1884 d. March 22, 1937
US Congressman. Elected to represent Ohio's 21st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1919 to 1921.
Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Baesel, Albert E. b. March 21, 1890 d. September 27, 1918
World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during World War I in the United States Army as a Second Lieutenant in the 148th Infantry, 37th Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery near Ivoiry, France, on September 27, 1918. His citation reads "Upon hearing that a squad leader of his platoon had been severely wounded while attempting to capture an enemy machinegun nest about 200 yards in advance of the assault line and somewhat to the right, 2d Lt. Baesel requested...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Woodvale Cemetery, Middleburg Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Baker, Newton Diehl b. December 3, 1871 d. December 25, 1937
US Secretary of War during World War I. Mayor of Cleveland, 1912-1916. Husband of Elizabeth Wells (Leopold) Baker. Son of Newton Diehl & Mary Ann (Dukehart) Baker.

Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 30, Lot 198
GPS coordinates: 41.5121994, -81.5858002 (hddd.dddd)
Baldwin, Charles Candee b. 1834 d. 1895
Corporate lawyer, circuit judge and founder of the Western Reserve Historical Society. Author of many books on Ohio history and geneology. (Bio by: Joyce)
Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 5 Lot 32
Baldwin, John b. October 13, 1799 d. December 28, 1884
Educator. He was the founder of Baldwin Institute (later to join with German Wallace College to become Baldwin-Wallace College). (Bio by: MJGoette)
Woodvale Cemetery, Middleburg Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Ball, Ernest Roland b. July 28, 1878 d. May 3, 1927
Songwriter. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he began his career singing and playing piano at the Union Square Theater, New York in 1904. In 1905, he wrote the song "Will You Love Me in December, As You Did in May?" which became a national hit. His many compositions included "Mother Machree", "Love Me and the World Is Mine", "Let the Rest of the World Go By" and the ever popular "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling", which has sold over 25 million copies of sheet music. He died of heart disease in Santa Ana...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 2, Lot 109
Balto the Wonder Dog d. March 14, 1933
Wonder Dog. Balto was the new rookie lead dog for a sled team operated by Alaskan dog sled master, Gunnar Kaasen. Gunnar Kaasen was in the second to last leg of a dog team relay that had to deliver some diphtheria epidemic lifesaving intitoxin serum from Anchorage Alaska to Nome. Gunnar could not find the next person in the relay in a blinding blizzard and had to continue on all the way to Nome. With Balto leading, Gunnar carried on and managed to survive to deliver the antitoxin. Balto and his...[Read More]
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Barber, Gershom Morse b. October 2, 1823 d. July 20, 1903
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born in Cayuga County, New York, he was a lawyer in practice, when enlisted in the Union Army and was commissioned a Lieutenant of the 5th Company, 1st Battalion, Ohio Sharpshooters at the start of the Civil War. Promoted Captain, he held a position at headquarters of the Army of the Cumberland, when the 197th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was formed. Rising through the ranks to Lieutenant Colonel in command of the 197th Ohio Infantry, he participated in all...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 28, Lot 5
Barnett, James b. June 21, 1821 d. January 13, 1911
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served during the Civil War as Colonel of the 1st Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, and as Chief of Artillery for the Military Department of the Cumberland. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services". (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 8, Lot 56
Barr, John b. 1804 d. 1875
Cleveland's first magistrate and local historian. As a promotor of Cleveland as a rail center, he complied and published statistics to demonstrate the city's commercial growth and need for rail transportation. He also helped organize the Western Reserve Historical Society. (Bio by: Joyce)
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 3 Lot 77
Battisti, Frank Joseph b. October 4, 1922 d. October 19, 1994
Was a federal judge for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, who presided over the landmark Cleveland school desegregation case resulting in cross-town busing. On August 31, 1976 Battisti ruled in Reed vs. Rhodes, the Cleveland public school desegregation case, that the schools had practiced racial segregation. His comprehensive order contained 14 components intended to bring an equal education to all Cleveland students. Battisti presided over other high-profile cases including...[Read More] (Bio by: Joyce)
Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 30 Lot 711 Grave 2
Beach, Clifton Bailey b. September 16, 1845 d. November 15, 1902
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Ohio's 20th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1899.
Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Beeman, Edwin E. b. 1839 d. 1906
Medical Pioneer. He was a physician who became known as the "Chewing Gum King" after introducing "Beeman's Pepsin Gum". A specialist in digestive disorders he discovered that pepsin provided relief from indigestion.
Harvard Grove Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA

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